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No. 348,188. Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY J. COLE, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,188, dated August31, 1886.

Application filed February 27, 1886. Serial No, 193,534.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY J. COLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State 0f Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, being acombination of trunk and wardrobe; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is aperspective view of my invention, showing trunk with lidraised. Fig. 2 is a front view showing trunk when opened up as wardrobe,with doors open and projecting table on side.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout both views.

My invention relates to trunks; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claims.

I describe my invention as follows:

The body of the trunk is shown at A, having the top B. The end C is hungat the bottom on hinges 2 2 2, and may be opened out. It is held, whenshut up, by the locking-clasp 7' on the sides and the corner clips, z',at the upper corners slipping into the slots 7i h. The side and top Z mof the hat-tray are hinged together and removable from the trunk, as isalso the bottom S of said tray. The bottom K of the main tray is alsoremovable, and is provided with the hooks s s, which serve a doublepurpose-viz., holding it in position by engaging the staples 1 1 as abottom to tray, and the staples o' r when transferred to the outside oftrnnk,where it is converted into a table, the botten: S'of hat-box beingused as a brace to hold it in position, q q being stops for said brace.

Folding within the trunk is a false front and back piece, O O', hung onthe hinges 8 S, and having the latches 3 3 on inside.

Vhen it is desired to convert the trunk into (No model.)

a wardrobe, it is turned up on the end opposite C, and the lid B swungback, rolling on the caster d, which is secured at or near the upperedge of the lid at one end thereof, the trunk-body being a little longerthan the lid or cover, so that when the trunk is placed on end andarranged to be used as a wardrobe, the caster will be on a line with thesaid lower end,and the trunk will sit in a perfectly upright position.The parts forming the hatbox,hereinbefore described, are removed andthen the bottom 7c of the main tray. The end C is then put up to aperpendicular position, and the side pieces, o o', are then raised, thetop p of tray thus becoming an upper door to the wardrobe, of which theparts Z m become the top.

ff are stops to prevent the falling over of side pieces, o o', and alsoserve as inside stays of trunk when closed.

3 and 4 are catches to keep parts in position, as also is g.

n a are hooks for top of wardrobe, which may be of any number,turningdown flat when not in use, as shown in Fig. 1.

5, 6, and 7 are supports, and u is a stop for side of hat-box.

The top of the trunkfmay be divided into pockets, as shown at c c c,having the partitions a a and the fastenings C.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1.In a trunk, the removable parts K and S, forming the bottom of tray andhat-box, and adapted to be removed and attached to outside of trunk,forming a writing-desk, as shown and described.

2. In a trunk, the hinged end C, the inlapping side pieces, o o', partsZand m, and the cover p, adapted to be opened up, so as to form awardrobe, as shown and described.

3. In a trunk, a hinged end, C, adapted to open out and provided withthe slots h h', and the corner clasps, i i, as shown and described.

L1. In a combined trunk and wardrobe, in combination with thepermanently-closed end and cover or lid, of a caster arranged upon theend of the cover or lid, all substantially as described.

V5. The combination, With a trunk having hinged to th upper* endof thesame, and the one of its ends hinged to the bottom corner hinged lid p,substantially as set forth.` e1ips,',for securing its upper end to thesides, In testimony whereof I a'fx my signature in and the snap-lockssecured to the sides of the presence of two witnesses.

5 trunk and adapted to engage said hinged end,

' Witnesses:

WM. A. CHAPMAN, ADOLPH B. MASON.

MARY J. COLE. substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a trunk, of the bottoms 7c S, the verticalpartition, the lid

